Foldable kitchenware drying rack

Abstract

A foldable kitchenware drying rack has a base section, a primary support section with pivoting rear legs pivotally connected to the base section, a secondary support section pivotally connected to pivoting rear legs, and pivoting front legs pivotally connected to the base section. The pivoting rear legs are locked in an unfolded condition by removable rear leg lock members, and the pivoting front legs are stably supported by a front cross member of the base section in an unfolded condition.

I claim: 
     
       1. A foldable kitchenware drying rack comprising:
 a substantially rectangular base section having base side members, at least two base cross members and a plurality of base slats connected to the respective base cross members; 
 first and second pivoting front leg members affixed by front leg pivots to an inner side of each base side member at a location spaced from a front end of the respective base side members; 
 first and second pivoting rear leg members affixed to an inner side of the base side members at a location near a rear end of each base side member; 
 at least two primary cross members connected on opposed ends to the first and second pivoting rear leg members; 
 primary support posts connected to the respective primary cross members in a spaced-apart relationship in parallel with the first and second pivoting rear leg members; 
 first and second secondary side members pivotally connected on a bottom end to and inner side of the respective pivoting rear leg members; 
 at least two secondary cross members connected on opposed ends to the respective first and second secondary side members; 
 secondary support posts affixed to the respective secondary cross members in parallel with the first and second secondary side members; 
 and lock members for locking the first and second pivoting rear leg members in an unfolded condition. 
 
     
     
       2. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 1  wherein a front one of the base cross members is flush with front ends of the respective base side members and a rear one of the base cross members is spaced forward of a rear end of the respective base side members. 
     
     
       3. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the at least two primary cross members comprise a first primary cross member and a second primary cross member affixed in spaced-apart relation to a rear edge of the respective pivoting rear leg members, and the primary support posts are affixed in a spaced-apart relationship to a rear surface of the first and second primary cross members in parallel with the respective pivoting rear leg members. 
     
     
       4. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the least two secondary cross members comprise a first secondary cross member and a second secondary cross member connected to an inner surface of the respective secondary side members. 
     
     
       5. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 4  wherein the first and second secondary cross members are respectively received in rabbets cut in the rear surface of the first and second secondary side members. 
     
     
       6. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the pivoting rear leg members and the secondary side members on each side of the foldable drying rack respectively pivot on the same a primary/secondary section pivot connected to a respective one of the base side members on a corresponding side of the foldable bottle drying rack. 
     
     
       7. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the pivoting front leg members and the pivoting rear leg members respectively comprise a foot member that increases a width of the respective pivoting front leg members and rear leg members where they contact a supporting surface. 
     
     
       8. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a base foot affixed to a bottom end of each of the pivoting front leg members and each of the pivoting rear leg members. 
     
     
       9. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the base foot is elastomeric. 
     
     
       10. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the lock members comprise inverted U-shaped rectangles received in rear leg lock rabbets cut in a top surface of the first and second base side members. 
     
     
       11. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a primary support reinforcement member affixed to a rear side of the primary support posts opposite a top one of the primary cross members. 
     
     
       12. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 1  wherein outermost ones of the base slats are spaced inwardly from the respective base side members to accommodate the pivoting front leg members, the pivoting rear leg members, and the secondary side members in a folded condition. 
     
     
       13. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 12  wherein all other base slats are equally spaced-apart between the outermost ones of the base slats. 
     
     
       14. A foldable kitchenware drying rack comprising:
 a base section having first and second parallel base side members affixed to at least two base cross members and a plurality of identical base slats in a spaced-apart parallel relation between the base side members and affixed to the base cross members; 
 a primary support section having first and second parallel pivoting rear leg members, each pivoting rear leg member pivotally connected above a bottom end to one of the first and second base side members behind a rear one of the base cross members, at least two primary cross members respectively connected on opposed ends to the first and the second pivoting rear leg members, and a plurality of primary support posts affixed to the primary cross members between the pivoting rear leg members and parallel therewith; 
 a secondary support section having first and second secondary side members, each secondary side member being connected on a bottom end to an inner surface above the bottom end of one of the first and second pivoting rear leg members, and at least two secondary cross members having opposed ends respectively connected to the secondary side members, and a plurality of secondary support posts affixed to the first and second secondary cross members in parallel with the first and second secondary side members; and 
 rear leg lock members that lock the pivoting rear leg members in an unfolded condition. 
 
     
     
       15. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 14  further comprising pivoting front leg members, and the pivoting front leg members have front leg foot members laminated to an inside surface of their bottom ends, and the pivoting rear leg members have rear leg foot members laminated to an inside surface of their bottom ends. 
     
     
       16. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 15  wherein the pivoting front leg members with the front leg foot members and the pivoting rear leg members with the rear leg foot members are each provided with an elastomeric foot affixed to a bottom surface thereof. 
     
     
       17. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 14  wherein the rear leg lock members are rectangular blocks having an inverted U-shape. 
     
     
       18. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 17  wherein the rear leg lock members are received in rabbits cut in the respective base side members at a front edge of the pivoting rear leg members in the unfolded condition. 
     
     
       19. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 14  further comprising a primary support reinforcement member connected to a rear side of the primary support posts in alignment with a top one of the primary cross members. 
     
     
       20. The foldable kitchenware drying rack as claimed in  claim 19  wherein the primary support reinforcement member extends from an outer edge of an outermost one of the primary support posts to an outer edge of the other outermost one of the primary support posts.